Synthesis, effect of substituents on the regiochemistry and equilibrium studies of tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine/2-azidopyrimidines

• Elisandra Scapin,
• Paulo R. S. Salbego,
• Caroline R. Bender,
• Alexandre R. Meyer,
• Anderson B. Pagliari,
• Tainára Orlando,
• Geórgia C. Zimmer,
• Clarissa P. Frizzo,
• Helio G. Bonacorso,
• Nilo Zanatta and
• Marcos A. P. Martins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2396–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.237

• reactions were planned between phenylacetylene and compounds 6a–c. The 1,2,3-triazole synthesis from the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between 6a–c and terminal alkynes catalyzed by copper salts (CuAAC) [41][42][43] confirms that the reaction passes through an azide intermediate. In addition to mild

• reaction conditions and short reaction times, the advantage of CuAAC is the formation of 1,2,3-triazoles-1,4-disubstituted in a highly regioselective manner [41]. Recently, Cornec et al. [44] synthesized 4,6-dimethyl-2-(4-aryl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)pyrimidines from azides using copper salts. The reaction

Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole

• Martina Tireli,
• Silvija Maračić,
• Stipe Lukin,
• Marina Juribašić Kulcsár,
• Dijana Žilić,
• Mario Cetina,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Silvana Raić-Malić and
• Krunoslav Užarević

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2352–2363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232

• mechanochemical CuAAC reactions, indicating that the catalysis is most likely conducted on the surface of milling balls. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy was used to determine the oxidation and spin states of the respective copper catalysts in bulk products obtained by milling procedures. Keywords: electron

• spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy; in situ Raman monitoring; mechanochemistry; quinoline; solid-state click chemistry; Introduction The copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) represents a prime example of click chemistry. Click chemistry describes “a set of near-perfect” reactions [1] for

• it increases reaction rates and yields and directs the azide–alkyne cycloaddition exclusively towards 1,4-substituted regioisomers, whereas the non-catalyzed process results in a non-stoichiometric mixture of 1,4- and 1,5-regioisomers. Even though CuAAC reactions are efficiently performed in solution

BODIPY-based fluorescent liposomes with sesquiterpene lactone trilobolide

• Ludmila Škorpilová,
• Silvie Rimpelová,
• Michal Jurášek,
• Miloš Buděšínský,
• Jana Lokajová,
• Roman Effenberg,
• Petr Slepička,
• Tomáš Ruml,
• Eva Kmoníčková,
• Pavel B. Drašar and
• Zdeněk Wimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1316–1324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.128

• compound is shown in Scheme 1, part B. Propargyl-ChL [35] was introduced into Huisgen copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [36] (CuAAC) with BODIPY 3. This microwave-assisted reaction catalyzed by CuSO4·5H2O, sodium ascorbate and a catalytic amount of TBTA (tris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl

• -terminated intermediate 5 in excellent yield (92%). Finally, CuAAC cycloadition of 5 and Tb-N3VA [31] gave the target fluorescent construct 6 in good yield (84%). The absorbance and fluorescence emission spectra of compounds 3–6 are depicted in Figure 2. Compounds 3–6 showed absorption and emission maxima at

An eco-compatible strategy for the diversity-oriented synthesis of macrocycles exploiting carbohydrate-derived building blocks

• Sushil K. Maurya and
• Rohit Rana

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1106–1118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.110

• the iterative use of readily available sugar-derived alkyne/azide–alkene building blocks coupled through copper catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction followed by pairing of the linear cyclo-adduct using greener reaction conditions. The eco-compatibility, mild reaction conditions

• ] glycosides and macrocyclic glycolipids [11]. Similarly, the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction has found wide application in medicinal chemistry [33], biology [34][35], polymer chemistry [36], carbohydrates [37][38][39][40], peptides [41][42][43][44] and in materials science [45][46

• ][47][48]. There are several reports wherein different strategies have been developed and used for the synthesis of glycoconjugates [9][49][50][51], however, the combination of a CuAAC and a RCM reaction has been used very little and rarely combinations of these reactions have been used for the

Interactions between shape-persistent macromolecules as probed by AFM

• Johanna Blass,
• Jessica Brunke,
• Franziska Emmerich,
• Cédric Przybylski,
• Vasil M. Garamus,
• Artem Feoktystov,
• Roland Bennewitz,
• Gerhard Wenz and
• Marcel Albrecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 938–951, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.95

• , synthesized from polymer 8 (Scheme 3) through Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) with the triethylene glycol linker 11 (N3-TEG-NH2) which had been prepared in a five-step procedure [62][63]. Probing multivalent interactions by AFM The adhesive forces of 12, due to supramolecular interactions

Energy down converting organic fluorophore functionalized mesoporous silica hybrids for monolith-coated light emitting diodes

• Markus Börgardts and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 768–778, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.76

• functionalization can be achieved upon ligating a triethylsiloxy-functionalized azide and a terminal alkynyl-functionalized luminophore by CuAAC (Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition) [21][22][23]. Commencing from a 2-hydroxy-substituted Nile red 1 or 3-hydroxymethylperylene (2) the alkyne-substituted

• were then reacted with azide 7 via CuAAC to furnish the triethoxysilyl-substituted luminophore precursor molecules 8 (red emission), 9 (blue emission), and 10 (green emission) (Scheme 1). In contrast to usually high yields of the CuAAC the precursor synthesis only gives yields between 44 to 45% after

Fast and efficient synthesis of microporous polymer nanomembranes via light-induced click reaction

• Qi An,
• Youssef Hassan,
• Xiaotong Yan,
• Peter Krolla-Sidenstein,
• Tawheed Mohammed,
• Mathias Lang,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Manuel Tsotsalas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 558–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.54

• solid liquid interfacial layer-by-layer (LbL) synthesis of CMP-nanomembranes via Cu catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC). However, this process featured very long reaction times and limited scalability. Herein we present the synthesis of surface grown CMP thin films and nanomembranes via light

• catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) approach, respectively [16]. These procedures are still limited to conductive substrates or associated with long reaction times. In this work, we present a novel strategy for the LbL synthesis of CMP thin films and nanomembranes, using the light-induced and

• . The growth rate of roughly 1 nm per reaction cycle is in the same order as the previously described LbL synthesis of CMP nanomembranes using CuAAC click chemistry [16]. Synthesis of freestanding CMP nanomembranes In order to produce freestanding CMP nanomembranes, we coated the CMP thin films on

Investigation of the action of poly(ADP-ribose)-synthesising enzymes on NAD⁺ analogues

• Sarah Wallrodt,
• Edward L. Simpson and
• Andreas Marx

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 495–501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.49

• introducing small, terminal alkyne functionalities at common sites of the adenine base. Upon successful incorporation into PAR, these alkynes serve as handles for copper(I) catalysed azide–alkyne click reaction (CuAAC) [22] with fluorescent dyes. Terminal alkynes are the smallest possible reporter group that

• + analogue or a 1:1 mixture. Then, copper(I)-catalysed azide–alkyne click reaction (CuAAC) is performed and mixture is resolved by SDS PAGE. SDS PAGE analysis of ADP-ribosylation of histone H1.2 with ARTD1, ARTD2, ARTD5 and ARTD6 using NAD+ analogue 1. Upper panel shows Coomassie Blue staining; lower panel

A postsynthetically 2’-“clickable” uridine with arabino configuration and its application for fluorescent labeling and imaging of DNA

• Heidi-Kristin Walter,
• Bettina Olshausen,
• Ute Schepers and
• Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 127–137, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.16

• cells. Keywords: dyes; fluorescence; nucleic acid; oligonucleotide; Introduction The “click”-type reactions [1], in particular the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between alkynes and azides (CuAAC) is a broadly applied strategy for postsynthetic oligonucleotide modification since both reactive groups are

• only reaction rates but improves also regioselectivity. The formation of oligonucleotide oxidation side products by Cu(I) is avoided by the use of chelating Cu(I) ligands, in particular tris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl]amine (TBTA) and better water-soluble derivatives [9][10]. The CuAAC

• cannot only be applied for conventional postsynthetic oligonucleotide modification in solution but also on solid phase [11] and for the introduction of multiple postsynthetic modifications [12]. The azide groups for CuAAC are typically placed onto the fluorescent dyes since azides are not compatible with

Construction of bis-, tris- and tetrahydrazones by addition of azoalkenes to amines and ammonia

• Artem N. Semakin,
• Aleksandr O. Kokuev,
• Yulia V. Nelyubina,
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov,
• Petr A. Zhmurov,
• Sema L. Ioffe and
• Vladimir A. Tartakovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2471–2477, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.241

• on a support. This was demonstrated by the synthesis of a mixed triazole-hydrazone ligand 10 by CuAAC reaction of 3 with phenyl azide (Scheme 3) (for application of mixed triazole-imine ligands see [31][32][34]). Reaction of α-halogen-substituted hydrazones 1 with ammonia Addition of α-halohydrazones

Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions

• Anne L. Schöffler,
• Ata Makarem,
• Frank Rominger and
• Bernd F. Straub

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566–1572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.151

• cycloaddition (CuAAC) “click” reactions. The ancillary ligand comprises two 4,5-dimethyl-1,3-thiazol-2-ylidene units and an ethylene linker. The three-step preparation of the complex from commercially available starting compounds is more straightforward and cost-efficient than that of the previously described

• 1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene derivatives. Kinetic experiments revealed its high catalytic CuAAC activity in organic solvents at room temperature. The activity increases upon addition of acetic acid, particularly for more acidic alkyne substrates. The modular catalyst design renders possible the exchange of N

• -heterocyclic carbene, linker, sacrificial ligand, and counter ion. Keywords: catalysis; click; copper; CuAAC; N-heterocyclic carbene; thiazole; Introduction The copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) is one of the most important “click” reactions for the facile covalent linking of two molecules

Beta-hydroxyphosphonate ribonucleoside analogues derived from 4-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles as IMP/GMP mimics: synthesis and biological evaluation

• Tai Nguyen Van,
• Audrey Hospital,
• Corinne Lionne,
• Lars P. Jordheim,
• Charles Dumontet,
• Christian Périgaud,
• Laurent Chaloin and
• Suzanne Peyrottes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1476–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.144

• “click-fleximer” as expanded nucleobase mimicking the purine [14]. “Click-fleximer” nucleoside analogues are easily accessible derivatives using copper-catalysed alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) and this synthetic methodology allows generating a small library of derivatives depending on the nature of

• categories: aromatic alkynes with various substituents (methoxy, amino, formyl…) in ortho, meta or para position, and short alkyne chains such as 3-butyn-2-one or methylpropiolate. Starting from intermediate 2, the CuAAC reaction was either catalysed by CuI or CuSO4 (Table 1) and gave rise to the fully

• Information File 1). NMR studies To establish the stereochemistry and/or regiochemistry of the azidation and CuAAC steps, homo- or heteronuclear 2D NMR experiments (see Supporting Information File 2) were performed on compounds 2 and 3a (Figure 2). In addition, we synthesized compound 5 (resulting from an 1,5

Application of Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition for the design and synthesis of sequence specific probes targeting double-stranded DNA

• Svetlana V. Vasilyeva,
• Vyacheslav V. Filichev and
• Alexandre S. Boutorine

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1348–1360, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.128

• experience, these reactions are not suitable for TINA-TFO derivatives due to excessive formation of side products. Copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) as a variation of the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition has become a widely used conjugation method in which the stereoselective formation

• of 1,2,3-triazoles can connect several components in one molecule [25][26]. CuAAC belongs to the class of chemical processes called “click-chemistry” and it is also a biorthogonal reaction because functional groups of natural biopolymers are not affected and do not participate in chemical

• for the synthesis of MGB-fluorophore and MGB-TFO conjugates via CuAAC (Figure 2). Properties of the conjugates obtained are discussed. Results and Discussion Synthesis of bifunctional linkers Two components in MGB-TFO conjugates must be connected by a linker, which is at least 12 chemical bonds long

Copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of (phenylethynyl)di-p-tolylstibane with organic azides

• Mizuki Yamada,
• Mio Matsumura,
• Yuki Uchida,
• Masatoshi Kawahata,
• Yuki Murata,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1309–1313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.123

• -disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles. Since then, the CuAAC has been widely applied in organic synthesis [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], molecular biology [13][14][15][16][17], and materials science [18][19][20]. There are many reports of CuAACs by using terminal alkynes (including metal acetylides) [4][5][6][7][8][9

• ][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. But the use of internal alkynes in CuAACs for the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles is a more challenging area because of the difficulty in regiocontrol based on the increased steric hindrance [21][22]. A regioselective CuAAC synthesis of

• been no reports concerning the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 5-stibano-1,2,3-triazoles. Herein, we report a novel CuAAC of a simple alkynylstibane, (phenylethynyl)di-p-tolylstibane, with organic azides to form fully substituted 5-organostibano-1,2,3-triazoles. Results and Discussion We initially

Bi- and trinuclear copper(I) complexes of 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties

• Shaojin Gu,
• Jiehao Du,
• Jingjing Huang,
• Huan Xia,
• Ling Yang,
• Weilin Xu and
• Chunxin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.85

• imidazolium backbone and N substituents. The copper–NHC complexes tested are highly active for the Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction in an air atmosphere at room temperature in a CH3CN solution. Complex 4 is the most efficient catalyst among these polynuclear complexes in an air

• atmosphere at room temperature. Keywords: copper; CuAAC reaction; : N-heterocylic carbene; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) have interesting electronic and structural properties. This resulted in their use as versatile ligands in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis

• 2.024(6)–2.092(6) Å, respectively, which are slightly longer than in dinuclear complexes 3 and 4. Benzimidazolylidene acts as a bridging ligand in a u2 mode and bonded equally to two Cu(I) ions, which is only observed in a few silver(I) and copper(I) complexes. Catalytic application in CuAAC reactions

Creating molecular macrocycles for anion recognition

• Amar H. Flood

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 611–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.60

• house is just as satisfying as that of a new molecule and often takes the same amount of time (left: Franck Boston copyright 123RF.com). Timeline of anion-binding macrocycles. Click chemistry’s copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) forms 1,2,3-triazoles that stabilize anions by CH hydrogen

• bonding and ion–dipole interactions. These molecular compounds are the same and not the same. (a, b, c) Sequence of chemical sketches leading to triazolophanes. (d) The precursor that led, by CuAAC, to the (e) macrocycle. Variation in phenylene substituents weakens chloride affinity from 1 to 4. (a

Enabling technologies and green processes in cyclodextrin chemistry

• Giancarlo Cravotto,
• Marina Caporaso,
• Laszlo Jicsinszky and
• Katia Martina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 278–294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.30

• is the Cu(0)-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) that can be further enhanced by simultaneous US/MW irradiation [18]. The formation of triazole-substituted CDs has been investigated by US irradiation and products can be synthesized in 2–4 hours (Scheme 2) [19]. Scondo et al. have reported a

• -soluble cyanine/β-CD derivatives have been efficiently prepared via CuAAC under simultaneous US/MW irradiation at 75 °C for 2 h (MW 15 W and US 20 W) in good yields (23% and 33%). These dyes were used as versatile carriers for drug delivery and optical imaging. Preparation of CD-grafted materials and CD

• strongly disrupt bacterial membranes, and a series of persubstituted γ-CD derivatives bearing polyamino groups (77% yield) [55]. MW-promoted Cu-catalyzed click reaction for the preparation of second generation CD derivatives and hybrid structures The MW-promoted CuAAC between CD monoazides and acetylenic

Exploring architectures displaying multimeric presentations of a trihydroxypiperidine iminosugar

• Camilla Matassini,
• Stefania Mirabella,
• Andrea Goti,
• Inmaculada Robina,
• Antonio J. Moreno-Vargas and
• Francesca Cardona

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2631–2640, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.282

• chemistry approach involving the copper azide-alkyne-catalyzed cycloaddition (CuAAC) between suitable scaffolds bearing terminal alkyne moieties and an azido-functionalized piperidine as the bioactive moiety. A preliminary biological investigation is also reported towards commercially available and human

• multimerization of compound ent-1 with the aim of studying its inhibitory activity when the molecule decorates a multivalent scaffold. Herein we report the synthesis of a tetra- and a nonavalent polyhydroxypiperidine iminosugar, by exploiting the CuI-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC) [29][30][31][32

• trimesoyl chloride, as we recently reported [21]. The CuAAC reaction of the azido derivative 4 (4.0 equivalents) with scaffold 5 was performed with CuSO4/sodium ascorbate in THF/H2O 2:1 in a MW reactor at 80 °C for 45 minutes, affording the expected tetravalent iminosugar derivative 7 in 88% yield after

Synthesis of bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles by copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition: A family of valuable products by click chemistry

• Zhan-Jiang Zheng,
• Ding Wang,
• Zheng Xu and
• Li-Wen Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2557–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.276

• . Specifically, the utility of this reaction has been demonstrated by the synthesis of structurally diverse bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles. The present review focuses on the synthesis of such bi- and bistriazoles and the importance of using copper-promoted click chemistry (CuAAC) for such transformations. In

• investigated and recognized as an epoch-making progress in organic synthesis and green chemistry [11][12][13][14][15]. After many years of research, it was proven that the Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC reaction) could be performed under various conditions according to the need of click

• , many other Cu(I) salts are used in CuAAC reactions owing to improved solubility or increased rate as compared to the CuSO4/sodium ascorbate or CuI catalytic system. (3) The third type of Cu(I) source is generated by the oxidation of Cu metal. The Cu(0) species (found in forms such as turnings, wire

Effective ascorbate-free and photolatent click reactions in water using a photoreducible copper(II)-ethylenediamine precatalyst

• Redouane Beniazza,
• Natalia Bayo,
• Florian Molton,
• Carole Duboc,
• Stéphane Massip,
• Nathan McClenaghan,
• Dominique Lastécouères and
• Jean-Marc Vincent

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1950–1959, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.211

• Since the discovery in 2002 that copper(I) could catalyze the Huisgen alkyne–azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition with high selectivity for the 1,4-triazole [1][2], the so-called copper(I)-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) has become a privileged reaction which is widely employed in all areas of the

• chemical/biological/material sciences [3][4]. Numerous copper-based catalytic systems have been developed and employed for the CuAAC [5], the main prerequisite being the generation of a copper(I) catalytic species from various homogeneous/heterogeneous precatalysts, whose oxidation states are 0, +1 or +2

• . A major application of the CuAAC concerns bioconjugation reactions, i.e., the covalent modification of biomolecules [6]. Such reactions typically imply water-soluble alkyne and azide reactants and should thus be performed in an aqueous medium using a water-soluble catalyst. Important limitations for

Synthesis, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity evaluation of new cholesterol congeners

• Mohamed Ramadan El Sayed Aly,
• Hosam Ali Saad and
• Shams Hashim Abdel-Hafez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1922–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.208

• pharmacophoric conjugates through CuAAC. Basically, these conjugates included cholesterol and 1,2,3-triazole moieties, while the third, the pharmacophore, was either a chalcone, a lipophilic residue or a carbohydrate tag. These compounds were successfully prepared in good yields and characterized by NMR, MS and

• –c and 7a,b were prepared by reacting 3β-azidocholest-5-ene (3) with propargylated chalcones 4a–c and 5a,b [24] under CuAAC conditions [35]. The reactions proceeded fairly in gently refluxing THF/H2O mixture containing L-ascorbic acid as reducing agent and a catalytic amount of CuSO4·5H2O. The 13C

• corresponding to the exact molecular weight of each derivative supported these azide–alkyne cycloadditions. The second set of cholesterol conjugates (Scheme 2 and Scheme 3) was prepared by CuAAC of (3β)-3-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)cholest-5-ene (10) with azidoalcanols 9a,b [24] and 3β-azidocholest-5-ene (3). These

Synthesis of alpha-tetrasubstituted triazoles by copper-catalyzed silyl deprotection/azide cycloaddition

• Zachary L. Palchak,
• Paula T. Nguyen and
• Catharine H. Larsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1425–1433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.154

• ; copper catalysis; multicomponent reactions; tetrasubstituted carbon; triazole; Introduction 1,2,3-Triazoles demonstrate wide spread application in biological systems and drug development [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloadditions (CuAAC) regioselectively

• ketimine is followed by stoichiometric alkynylation with a trimethylsilyl-protected alkynyllithium reagent. Removal of the silyl and sulfinyl protecting groups allows for CuAAC with a resin-bound azide. Acylation of the amine followed by dehydration yields the active alpha-tetrasubstituted triazole [7

• -protected alkynes have been converted to triazoles via a one-pot silyl deprotection CuAAC reaction [30][31][32][33], TIPS-protected alkynes have not. As the triisopropylsilyl protecting group is more difficult to remove than the less hindered trimethylsilyl, conditions for TIPS deprotection include 1.5

Quarternization of 3-azido-1-propyne oligomers obtained by copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition polymerization

• Shun Nakano,
• Akihito Hashidzume and
• Takahiro Sato

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1037–1042, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.116

• –alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) polymerization, were quarternized quantitatively with methyl iodide in sulfolane at 60 °C to obtain soluble oligomers. The conformation of the quarternized oligoAP in dilute DMSO-d6 solution was examined by pulse-field-gradient spin-echo NMR based on the touched bead model

• . Keywords: 3-azido-1-propyne oligomer; CuAAC polymerization; hydrodynamic radius; methyl iodide; pulse-field-gradient spin-echo NMR; quarternization; Introduction The copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) efficiently yields 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole from rather stable azides and

• alkynes with a copper(I) catalyst under mild conditions even in the presence of various functional groups [1][2][3]. CuAAC is thus the most important reaction in “click chemistry” [4][5][6][7]. A number of studies have been published on CuAAC, which is applied in a wide range of fields from bio-related

Orthogonal dual-modification of proteins for the engineering of multivalent protein scaffolds

• Michaela Mühlberg,
• Michael G. Hoesl,
• Christian Kuehne,
• Jens Dernedde,
• Nediljko Budisa and
• Christian P. R. Hackenberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 784–791, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.88

• (CuAAC) and oxime ligation. This method was applied to the conjugation of biotin and β-linked galactose residues to yield an enzymatically active thermophilic lipase, which revealed specific binding to Erythrina cristagalli lectin by SPR binding studies. Keywords: chemoselectivity; dual protein

• engineer multivalent glycoprotein conjugates, we have used the incorporation of non-canonical amino acids (NCAA) [13] by supplementation based incorporation (SPI) [14][15][16][17] in auxotroph expression systems followed by the chemoselective Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) to attach

• canonical amino acids, particularly cysteine. For example, SPI was used to introduce a NCAA such as azidohomoalanine (Aha) in a methionine-(Met)-auxotroph in combination with the chemical modification of the natural amino acid cysteine [30][31]. These handles were, e.g., addressed by CuAAC and disulfide

Multivalent polyglycerol supported imidazolidin-4-one organocatalysts for enantioselective Friedel–Crafts alkylations

• Tommaso Pecchioli,
• Manoj Kumar Muthyala,
• Rainer Haag and
• Mathias Christmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 730–738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.83

• described. A modified tyrosine-based imidazolidin-4-one was grafted to a soluble high-loading hyperbranched polyglycerol via a copper-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction and readily purified by dialysis. The efficiency of differently functionalized multivalent organocatalysts 4a–c was

• -ones PG-95 (4a), PG-57 (4b) and PG-30 (4c) representing different degrees of functionalization: 95% (4a), 57% (4b) and 30% (4c), respectively. An (S)-tyrosine-derived imidazolidin-4-one 5 was anchored to the polymeric support through a CuAAC reaction. Following the same strategy, a monovalent analog 8

• elucidate the reason of the decreased reactivity and analysis of the recovered polymer by 1H NMR indicated the leakage of the imidazolidin-4-one moiety. Nevertheless, studies focussing on improved catalyst stability and recycling are in progress. Conclusion In summary, we have successfully employed a CuAAC